▲ 158 ▼ California governor vetoes bill offering unemployment pay to strikers (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 years ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/news@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments Fuck you, Newsome. I think pay for striking workers would be overwhelmingly popular with voters. I'm voting against this turkey next chance I get.
[+] rivermonster@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] guacupado@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago They stopped working. They don't need a bailout. The unions these workers give money to every paycheck are supposed to be going towards this stuff. Even if you sound like an idiot, I get what you're trying to say but it doesn't make sense to have a program for people being fired or laid off giving money to people who already have a source of income. It's unemployment, not universal income. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 726a67@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Citizens who are literally choosing not to work, in this case. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] rivermonster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net -3 points 2 years ago This right here is why all arguments supporting the veto are moronic. '08 financial crisis anyone. Wealthy assholes built a house of cards. When it collapsed they got to keep all the profits and we had to pick up the tab. Sorry if they get bailouts with no questions asked, then American people should get the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] guacupado@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago They stopped working. They don't need a bailout. The unions these workers give money to every paycheck are supposed to be going towards this stuff. Even if you sound like an idiot, I get what you're trying to say but it doesn't make sense to have a program for people being fired or laid off giving money to people who already have a source of income. It's unemployment, not universal income. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 726a67@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Citizens who are literally choosing not to work, in this case. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] rivermonster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] rivermonster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net -3 points 2 years ago This right here is why all arguments supporting the veto are moronic. '08 financial crisis anyone. Wealthy assholes built a house of cards. When it collapsed they got to keep all the profits and we had to pick up the tab. Sorry if they get bailouts with no questions asked, then American people should get the same. permalink fedilink source parent